Alex Westfall

Who Will Start Another Fire

Lesley Steele, Faye Ruiz

An omnibus film featuring nine works by emerging filmmakers of color, Who Will Start Another Fire is the inaugural project of Dedza Films, a distribution initiative focused on showcasing underrepresented communities and the next wave of international storytellers.

The Rose of Manila

Alex Westfall

Polly Cabrera

Imagining the formative years of Imelda Marcos, who, as the former First Lady of the Philippines, becomes known for her lavishness and detachment from her country’s social reality. Here, the fate of a young girl and an entire nation becomes entangled as the mother of a country is born.